Meaning of man of letters | Babel Free
Equivalents
العربية
عالم
Cymraeg
llenor
Magyar
irodalmár
Italiano
uomo di lettere
Қазақ тілі
әдебиетші
한국어
문사
Nederlands
literaat
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਅਦੀਬ
Português
homem das letras
Română
om de litere
Русский
литератор
Türkçe
edebiyatçı
Українська
літератор
Tiếng Việt
văn sĩ
Examples
“This may be accounted for largely on the ground that Cicero and Petrarch were men of the same temperament and cast⟳ of mind⟳. They were both typical men of letters. The man of letters is intellectually alert; sensitive to impressions and able to report⟳ them; hospitable to all ideas of his time; […]”
“He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need⟳ of letters; […] he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with New England love-stories and advertisements of temperance drinks.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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